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We were touched by this story from The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption; we think you will be too. Ezra had been in care one year when he was referred to his Wendy’s Wonderful Kids caseworker. He was born prematurely at 33 weeks and was medically fragile. He was diagnosed with macrocephaly and subdural hematomas. He […]

We are always delighted to hear from nurses after sponsoring their travel for medical missions.  This anecdote is from Josephine Sullivan. “I  am Josephine Sullivan, an Operating Room nurse from Louisville, KY. This was my third surgical mission with Healing the Children to Ecuador. You need to know that Ecuador is important to me because ,when […]

Once again we are humbled by the outpouring of support for our Walk for Children.  This year, we had an increase in the number of walkers to 580, which is amazing.  All of us enjoyed perfect weather and a beautiful, inspiring morning. Our fundraising total stands at about 5% more than last year.  These funds […]

From our friends at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times…. “Barco’s Nightingales Foundation was a proud Presenting Sponsor of Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times’  “Walk for Kids” Event on Sunday, April 6th. On this bright sunny day, 2,000 participants WALKED 3.2 miles to support of Camp Good Times and Ronald McDonald Houses of So […]

Emily Sorman is a unique young woman.  One Nurse At a Time (ONAT) first met when she was an LPN whose work program had been discontinued.  She had decided that was the perfect time to volunteer!  So ONAT gave her a scholarship for a month in Peru volunteering in a children’s clinic.  Emily returned to […]

Barco’s Nightingales Foundation is proud to partner in a Facebook Friendraiser with The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.  Through this program, we hope to bring awareness about both of our foundations to 3,000 more fans and to help The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption raise $15,000 in four to six weeks. The Dave Thomas Foundation […]

On my recent trip to Haiti, I was blessed to be able to start a new program that will provide a hot lunch to nearly 550 students at Good Samaritan Community School in Anse-a-Pitre, Haiti each and every day of the school week. This represents more than 11,000 hot lunches a month.  The school lunch […]

Me Nguyen is a man of small stature, but large character. He is also an amazing father.  Me was born with a cleft palate and lip. He was an oddity in his village and his parents struggled for him to gain acceptance. At age eight he was sent as one of the “Boat people” to […]

Dear Mr. Donner and Barco’s Nightingales Foundation, It has been over a month now that I went on a mission trip to Haiti with your help! I truly am grateful to you for assisting me in funding my trip. That was such a kind and generous thing to do for me and the others you […]

When I visited Haiti this year, I had the opportunity to see some amazing and caring doctors, nurses and dentists bringing health and healing to their patients in Haiti.  The experience touched my heart and reaffirmed our vision and mission for Barco’s Nightingales Foundation. For six days the volunteer teams provided dental and medical help […]